Urology at Michigan: The Origin Story: Emergence of a Medical Subspecialty and Its Deployment at University of Michigan

David A. Bloom, M.D., is the Jack Lapides Professor of Urology and chair emeritus of the Department of Urology at the University of Michigan. He trained in surgery and urology at the University of California, Los Angeles, served on the staff of Walter Reed Army Medical Center as a Lt. Col., and has been on the University of Michigan faculty since 1984. He was associate dean for faculty affairs from 2000-2007 in the medical school, has held an endowed title of Jack Lapides Professor of Pediatric Urology since 2002, and was chair of the Department of Urology from 2007-2019. His clinical and scholarly interests include genitourinary reconstruction, lower urinary tract dysfunction, genital anomalies, neurogenic bladder, laparoscopy, and medical history. He has been a trustee of the American Board of Urology and a board member of the American Board of Medical Specialties, practiced pediatric urology, taught well over 100 residents at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the University of Michigan, and he has published more than 165 peer-reviewed papers and 69 book chapters. He serves on the board of the Hamilton Community Health Network in Flint, Michigan, where he also sees patients.